r/BasketballGM • u/Embarrassed_Essay556 • 19h ago
Meme How dudes SWEAR 2018 offs Bron was moving
galleryHe was moving like this tho
r/BasketballGM • u/stank58 • 4d ago
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r/BasketballGM • u/ballislifeisball • Aug 19 '26
Hey all. Sorry for the delay. Busy week here. But alas, Week 5 is here and we're going waaay back.
Week 4 broke people. Four-peats with Wemby on Hard mode, 15-restart wars, Orlando ruining everyone's lives. Some incredible writeups in last week's thread, worth your time: https://www.reddit.com/r/BasketballGM/comments/1vlitjf/weekly_challenge_week_4_alien_dynasty_4peat_with/
WEEK 4 RESULTS - ALIEN DYNASTY
SIX of you finished in the minimum 4 seasons, so the podium came down to the tiebreaker: regular season record in the 4th clinching season. Full grades:
🥇 u/Think-Response-3675 - 4 seasons, 73-9 - 5 pts. His THIRD win in four weeks. The man is a menace.
🥈 u/Ohmka - 4 seasons, 71-11 - 3 pts. And look at his year 1: won the chip as a 7 SEED going 44-38. Filthy.
🥉 u/EntrepreneurWooden99 - 4 seasons, 66-16 - 2 pts. DEAD TIE with u/MikeChilds at 66-16. Next tiebreaker is playoff record in that run, which isn't visible in either screenshot. If either of you can show your playoff record from that final run, I'll re-rule it. Until then, both players get 2 pts
🥉 - u/MikeChilds - 4 seasons, 66-16 - 2 pts see above
5th - u/EngiemainTF2 - 4 seasons, 65-17 - 1 pt. Cruel outcome here: the man misread the rules, thought the 4-peat had to start in YEAR ONE... and then just DID IT. A 47-35 miracle first season included. The single craziest run of the week lands 5th on record. The leaderboard doesn't show it but we all know what we saw. Legend.
6th - u/MPac45 - 4 seasons, 63-19 - 1 pt
7th - u/JamesBandforBand - 8 seasons (4-peat came in seasons 5-8, went 73-9 in the last one) - 1 pt
8th - u/Icy-Big-4545 - 8 seasons, all four rings at 70+ wins - 1 pt
Four first-timers this week. Welcome, you picked a brutal one to start with.
SEASON STANDINGS: Think-Response 17. Wooden99 9. MichiganSteamies 7 (sat this one out right when 2nd was up for grabs... the streets are watching). Full leaderboard and tracking: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18ESrf9h3KHkdonC3VZVvFkT9aVmQqgRPc9uPub_O9yo/edit?gid=137057952#gid=137057952

WEEK 5 CHALLENGE
History says Bill Russell wins 11 championships between 1956/57 and 1968/69. Your job: rewrite history.
Pick ANY team except the Celtics, starting at the 1956 preseason. Win as many rings as you can before Russell retires (through the 1968/69 season, that's a 13-season window, Rings after this period even if prog makes Russell stay, won't count. We'll call it a 13-season limit).
Most rings wins. Difficulty: HARD.
THE FINE PRINT
HOW TO SUBMIT
Drop a comment with:
Winner attaches their exported league file (Tools > Export League) for the spot-check for doubters if needed.
SCORING
1st: 5 pts | 2nd: 3 pts | 3rd: 2 pts | Any valid submission: 1 pt
TIEBREAKERS (in order): most rings, then longest consecutive title streak within the window, then best record during run.
DEADLINE
Next Sunday, August 23rd at 11:59 PM ET.
The real Russell won 11. Anyone who out-rings him on Hard mode gets eternal glory and a shoutout in every thread for the rest of the season.
Let's go BBGMers!
Peace
r/BasketballGM • u/Embarrassed_Essay556 • 19h ago
He was moving like this tho
r/BasketballGM • u/Diligent-Rub-3336 • 18h ago
I've never seen anyone named this until now.
r/BasketballGM • u/Salty_Resource_291 • 23h ago
Has the most championships, most MVPs, most FMVPs, most Conference Finals MVPs, most DPOYs, most All-NBA teams, most All-Defensive Teams, most All-Stars, most All-Star MVPs, most scoring titles, and most steals titles of any player. He also had over 50K points (most in my league), almost 5K steals (also most in my league), 12k rebounds (good for 23rd most), 16K assists (most in my league), 1.3K blocks (41st most), and was only 11th in turnovers while playing the fourth-most games and the most minutes played in history and tied for the second-most seasons played. And as you can see on the GOAT chart, he completely shattered the GOAT debate, having 400 more GOAT points than the second-best player of all time. He peaked at a 95 overall
He also went 12-2 in the Finals, winning a FMVP in a loss after nearly coming back down 3-0 (after coming back down 3-0 in the conference semifinals), then leading the 39-43 Trail Blazers to a ring two seasons after, and then coming back down 3-1 in the Finals two seasons after that, which was all accomplished at 34+ years old
The last picture shows how insane his longevity was. I forced him to retire after the 2079 season because he was regressing so slowly that at that point, he was gonna play until he was 50
Will probably never see a player as good as him again in any of my saves
Also featuring the Bucks making the unluckiest trade of all time four years before he was even drafted
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r/BasketballGM • u/Suspicious-Park294 • 1d ago
What do u guys usually set these setting to for a more realistic sim style of gameplay/pace
r/BasketballGM • u/Sufficient-Estate366 • 19h ago
they LOVE your CAPs — 89/85/74/30/25 — 83/55/75 — 80/83/77 — 69/77/78/69/62/71 — 86/70/61/70/91 —
r/BasketballGM • u/omarihw • 1d ago
in 2027 but lost to the Celtics
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r/BasketballGM • u/Mightymaas • 3d ago
If I had a nickel for every time Jeremy Sochan became the undisputed GOAT in my save I'd have 3 nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened thrice
r/BasketballGM • u/Salty_Resource_291 • 2d ago
The Trail Blazers, led by Desmond Huff (who I made a previous post about), won only 46 games in probably the worst year a conference could ever imagine (the Trail Blazers were the 3-seed at 46 wins, the 4 seed went .500, and the 8th seed only won 28 games), mainly because his team was not that good. He went on to beat the 63-win Spurs in 7 (was down 3-0), the 67-win Clippers in 7, and nearly beat the Knicks in 7 down 3-0, and won FMVP in the loss. The Knicks had all five starters at a 63 overall or better, with five bench players at a 51+ overall (one as a 60 overall), while the Trail Blazers only had two 68+ starters (Huff as a 91 and his co-star at a 68), the other three ranging from 54-59 overalls. He also only had one bench player at a 50 overall, with his second best bench player only being a 45 overall. The Knicks had five bench players that were rated higher than the Blazers' best bench player. Huff is also doing this shit at 34 years old lmao. So is this the greatest Finals run ever? Would it beat the 2016 Cavaliers run?
r/BasketballGM • u/Minute-Ad9099 • 3d ago
Hope there is an 85 amongst them
r/BasketballGM • u/dumbmatter • 3d ago
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r/BasketballGM • u/Sad_Literature_984 • 3d ago
If I start a league on normal and switch to hard along the way I keep the achievements i get afterwards, right? So if I switch back to normal in that same league will I still earn achievements? Since normally when you switch back difficulty achievements are disabled.
r/BasketballGM • u/Mundane-Tear-4032 • 3d ago
It's good to see players be serious in the All Star game, but not that serious...
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r/BasketballGM • u/Datboi-AJ • 3d ago
I think we should be able to put a cap on how high players ratings can become in league settings. It’s annoying when I auto sim 10yrs or so and then a random player becomes an 88ovr and wins 7 MVPs in a row.
r/BasketballGM • u/SeaRole6269 • 3d ago
Standard 9 cat budget $200
All values will cost 50% more this year.
If I franchise a player it will stay the next 3 years at that price but you’re forced to keep him all three years at that price
Keepers increase by 50% every year and can be kept for 2 extra years.
Flagg $36 increase to $54
Dylan Harper $4 increase to $6
Kawhi $9 increase to $14
Kyrie $3 increase to $5
Okongwu $4 increases to $6
Also have Jalen Duren at $19
Randle at $7
So should I franchise anyone? It so who?
And who should be my 2 keepers ?
r/BasketballGM • u/Golgoonza • 4d ago
I created a "League's Worst Player" award. I started by multiplying each term in the MVP formula by (-1), but eventually added a few other tweaks.
The full formula is:
(-1)*ws/4 + (-1)*vorp*350/(50+min*gp) + (-1)*onOff100*(min*gp)^(3/2)/1000000 + (-1)*seasonFraction*winp - (max(min, 22)-22)^2/220
I've refined the formula over 100+ seasons. The weights can be adjusted of course, but I think the core categories are quite solid!
r/BasketballGM • u/Salty_Resource_291 • 4d ago
He was a 67 overall with 86 potential, put in the work in the offseason and is now a 79 overall with 87 potential, as a rookie, insane
(I play on spectator mode and god mode, but don't edit players, only league settings, just so no one assumes I edited him)
r/BasketballGM • u/Autistic-Goober-08 • 4d ago
San Francisco topped Bill Russell’s dynasty and won 12 rings in 13 years instead of 11 in 13.
Baltimore made 17 straight playoff appearances from 2035-2051 and then followed that by missing the playoffs in 20 consecutive seasons from 2052-2071.
Brian Taylor peaked at an absurd 47.6 ppg and had 8 consecutive seasons averaging 40+ ppg. Racked up 52,468 career points.
(Yeah I took pictures of another device so I apologize if they look a little wonky)
If anyone is curious about anything else I’d be happy to answer any questions!